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Andrew Stutesman, son of Pawnee County residents Scott and Joan Stutesman, recently completed his first television project with the Home Box Office Television Network. Andrew was the Post Production Coordinator for the miniseries, “Sharp Objects". There are 8 episodes of the show starring Amy Adams. The production is currently airing on HBO on Sunday nights. The series is based on the novel by Gillian Flynn. Amy Adams stars as a reporter who returns home to investigate a string of unsolved murders.

The EPA’s announcement marks a significant step toward leveling the playing field for ethanol plants extracting oil from sorghum. NSP worked closely with the EPA for over two years to establish a biofuels pathway for sorghum oil in the RFS, and this announcement provides new market access for the crop.

Wasn’t that an exciting 4-H Fair? We were blessed with good weather and a lot of spirit around the Fairgrounds. The whole week was filled with keen competition and drama. For instance, there was the conclusion of the Beef Show.

4-H veterans Clay Schaardt and Dana Christen squared off with their animals for the title of Supreme Champion Market Beef. Schaardt had a Charolais mix steer that had an end weight of 1288 while Christen had an Angus heifer that had an end weight of 1308. As they turned their animals to walk past the judge you could see he had a tough decision to make.

This good news came at the Monday night City Council meeting in Pawnee City. The city will be getting a $251,256 grant from the ReUse Revolving Fund. This is grant money and does not have to be paid back. However, the city has to match 20 percent of the cost of repairs as it is a matching 80-20 grant.

Freedom Riders 4-H members Norman McHenry, Gavin McHenry and Trevor Kuhlmann prepare a jumbo checkerboard for the Friday 4-H Fun Night at the County 4-H Fair to be held on Friday, July 27 from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Fairgrounds.

Were you at the silent movie at the Burchard Lodge last Saturday night? It was Get Out & Get Under, a Harold Lloyd movie about a young man and his beloved car. It was so clever, the audience laughed, caught their collective breath, exclaimed, and clapped. And Marty Mincer of Hamburg, Iowa played ragtime piano just like in the old days, shifting gears as often as the car.

You weren’t there? You wish you had been? Too bad! It was a unique opportunity, part of a celebration of Harold Lloyd’s 125th birthday put on by the Harold Lloyd Museum and its owner, the Pawnee County Promotional Network. Marcia Borcher, president of PCPN, says that the museum was founded in 2003. It is in the house where Harold Lloyd was born.

Lori Yunghans of DuBois is the new Administrator at the Pawnee City Assisted Living Facility. She will welcome you July 26 from 1 to 5 p.m. at the facility’s Open House. The facility is set to open Aug. 1.

She said the facility is close to being finished. They are working to get furniture set up in the common areas, along with kitchen accessories and office areas set up.